US20030172538A1 - Length or angle measuring apparatus with differential screw for moire adjustment - Google Patents

Length or angle measuring apparatus with differential screw for moire adjustment Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US20030172538A1
US20030172538A1 US10/362,392 US36239203A US2003172538A1 US 20030172538 A1 US20030172538 A1 US 20030172538A1 US 36239203 A US36239203 A US 36239203A US 2003172538 A1 US2003172538 A1 US 2003172538A1
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
length
flector
joint
differential screw
screw
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
US10/362,392
Other versions
US6810601B2 (en
Inventor
Sebastian Tondorf
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
Original Assignee
Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH filed Critical Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
Assigned to DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH reassignment DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: TONDORF, SEBASTIAN
Publication of US20030172538A1 publication Critical patent/US20030172538A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US6810601B2 publication Critical patent/US6810601B2/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B3/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of mechanical techniques
    • G01B3/002—Details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D5/00—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D5/26—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light
    • G01D5/32—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light
    • G01D5/34—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells
    • G01D5/36—Forming the light into pulses
    • G01D5/38—Forming the light into pulses by diffraction gratings

Definitions

  • the present invention is directed to a length- or angular measuring instrument according to the definition of the species in claim 1.
  • Measuring instruments of this kind are primarily used to determine the relative displacement or absolute position of movable machine parts, for example in machine tools or measuring machines.
  • a material measure e.g., in the form of an optical grating
  • a sensor which is mounted behind a scanning plate constituted as another grating.
  • An exact adjustment of the angle between the two gratings is necessary, in this context, to avoid the moiré effect produced when working with gratings which are tilted towards one another, in that the two gratings are positioned in parallel, or to intentionally produce a moiré effect in that a specific angle is precisely adjusted.
  • the effect of angular errors which are too great is that the relationship among the tracks is lost.
  • a reference mark is no longer able to be allocated to the correct period of an incremental graduation.
  • the German 2844066 proposes a lever arm which is secured, on one side via a flector joint to a movable or stationary machine part and, on the other side, has an adjustment screw, which is supported on this machine part and which bears the scanning head, together with the scanning plate.
  • the lever arm together with the scanning unit, swivel, so that the moiré angle is adjusted, in turn.
  • the object of the present invention is, therefore, to devise a length or angular measuring instrument which permits a fine adjustment of the moiré angle, a low-vibration attachment of the scanning unit, and thereby makes do with few components.
  • a lever which is secured via a flector joint to the fixed or movable machine part, is now able to be adjusted in that, instead of a customary screw resting on this machine part, a differential screw is provided, which is screw-coupled by its first thread to the lever and, by its second thread, to this machine part. If, at this point, one turns the screw by one rotation, the distance of this lever end to this machine part changes precisely by the difference in the pitches, when the directional sense of the pitch is the same. As a result, the lever changes its inclination, since it is executing a rotary motion about the flector joint.
  • FIG. 1 shows a design in accordance with the present invention of a device for adjusting a scanning head.
  • FIG. 1 one can discern a scale 1 having a material measure 2 in the form of an incremental graduation.
  • scale 1 is permanently connected to the machine (not shown).
  • An adjustment device 3 is connected to a movable part (likewise not shown) of the machine along measuring direction X.
  • Adjustment device 3 is fabricated from one piece and is composed of a base 4 , on which a lever in the form of a mounting support 6 is hinge-mounted via a flector joint 5 .
  • flector joint 5 designed as a web between base 4 and mounting support 6 , permits a rotation of mounting support 6 about an axis perpendicularly to the plane of material measure 2 .
  • Mounting support 6 has an opening 7 for receiving scanning unit 8 .
  • Scanning unit 8 includes a scanning plate 9 , whose alignment must be adjusted with respect to material measure 2 in order, for example, to avoid moiré effects or to achieve such effects to the desired degree.
  • a sensor (not drawn) is situated behind scanning plate 9 , or the sensor itself is structurally designed to fulfill the function of scanning plate 9 .
  • mounting support 6 On the side opposite flector joint 5 , mounting support 6 has a bore 10 having internal screw thread 11 . Also discernible on base 4 is an arm 12 , which bears a bore 13 having internal thread 14 , so that bore 10 and bore 13 are situated on a common axis. Between mounting support 6 and base 4 , a gap 15 remains which allows mounting support 6 to tilt about flector joint 5 .
  • the diameter of bore 10 is larger than the diameter of bore 13 . This enables a simple pushing-through and bolting-on action when installing differential screw 16 . However, given the same diameters, other design approaches are conceivable.
  • the pitch of internal thread 11 is larger than the pitch of internal thread 14 .
  • a differential screw 16 has a thread 11 . 1 , whose pitch and diameter match internal thread 11 ; in the other half, a thread 14 . 1 , whose pitch and diameter match internal thread 14 .
  • differential screw 16 Prior to mounting scanning unit 8 , differential screw 16 is screw-coupled to base 4 and mounting support 6 , in order to pretension flector joint 5 . Because of the different pitches of internal threads 11 and 14 , gap 15 is enlarged or reduced in the process, depending on the directional sense of internal thread 11 and 14 and the direction of rotation of differential screw 16 . In this state, scanning unit 8 may then be mounted on mounting support 6 and, following a rough adjustment, be bolted on at bores 17 and 18 . By turning differential screw 16 , the angle between scanning plate 9 and material measure 2 may now be adjusted in that mounting support 6 is rotated around flector joint 5 .
  • differential screw 16 Since the two-sided screw coupling provided by differential screw 16 prevents mounting support 6 from moving in the direction of bores 10 and 13 , no more vibrations occur in this direction. Flector joint 5 is blocked; the need is eliminated for an additional clamping screw.
  • flector joint 5 is positioned to lie with the common center of mass SP of scanning unit 8 and mounting support 6 on an axis in parallel with measuring direction X, then in response to acceleration of adjustment device 3 in measuring direction X, no moment of torque occurs with respect to the above defined axis of rotation of flector joint 5 . This further enhances the stability of the system.
  • the adjustment device is further strengthened when arms 12 and 19 of base 4 are reinforced by ribs 20 and 21 which run in measuring direction X and perpendicularly to scale 1 .
  • the adjustment device according to the present invention may be integrated in the scanning unit and, in that way, only the scanning plate itself or a sensor acting as a scanning plate is adjusted.
  • the described principle for adjusting scanning units is advantageously not limited to applications in length and angular measuring instruments based on optical scanning. Its application in other systems is also conceivable, such as those which are based on magnetic material measures and which are scanned using magnetoresistive sensors or Hall sensors; likewise conceivable are capacitive or inductive sensors having corresponding material measures.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optical Transform (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Length-Measuring Instruments Using Mechanical Means (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices With Unspecified Measuring Means (AREA)
  • A Measuring Device Byusing Mechanical Method (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a length or angle measuring apparatus, wherein a holding device (6) that can be turned by means of a differential screw (16) and a flector joint (5) is used in order to perform an adjustment with the greatest possible sensitivity of the angle between a scale (2) and a scanning disc (9). Advantages in terms of vibration resistance of the array and the amount of components required are obtained by combining the differential screw (16) with a flector joint (5).

Description

  • The present invention is directed to a length- or angular measuring instrument according to the definition of the species in [0001] claim 1. Measuring instruments of this kind are primarily used to determine the relative displacement or absolute position of movable machine parts, for example in machine tools or measuring machines.
  • In length and angular measuring instruments of the mentioned type, a material measure, e.g., in the form of an optical grating, is scanned by a sensor which is mounted behind a scanning plate constituted as another grating. An exact adjustment of the angle between the two gratings is necessary, in this context, to avoid the moiré effect produced when working with gratings which are tilted towards one another, in that the two gratings are positioned in parallel, or to intentionally produce a moiré effect in that a specific angle is precisely adjusted. When a plurality of tracks is applied to the material measure, the effect of angular errors which are too great is that the relationship among the tracks is lost. In some situations, a reference mark is no longer able to be allocated to the correct period of an incremental graduation. [0002]
  • To adjust the moiré angle between the material measure of a scale and the scanning plate of a scanning unit, the German 2844066 proposes a lever arm which is secured, on one side via a flector joint to a movable or stationary machine part and, on the other side, has an adjustment screw, which is supported on this machine part and which bears the scanning head, together with the scanning plate. Thus, when the screw is adjusted, the lever arm, together with the scanning unit, swivel, so that the moiré angle is adjusted, in turn. [0003]
  • The disadvantage of this system is that it does not permit a precise adjustment of the moiré angle. Given a typical lever arm length of 50 mm and an adjustment screw having a screw pitch of 0.8 mm, an angular change of 16 mrad results for one turn of the screw. Moreover, in this system, the lever arm is only protected in one direction against vibrations. For that reason, the scanning unit must be secured by an additional clamping screw. [0004]
  • It is known, as a fine-adjustment gear, to use a dual screw gear having a differential screw, as described, for instance, by S. Hildebrand: Feinmechanische Bauelemente, Hanser Publishers, Munich, Vienna 1978, 3rd edition, pp. 534-536. A dual screw gear permits a precise adjustment in the linear direction, since, in the context of one screw turn, the change in the distance between two objects joined by the differential screw corresponds to exactly the difference between the two pitches of the differential screw. [0005]
  • The object of the present invention is, therefore, to devise a length or angular measuring instrument which permits a fine adjustment of the moiré angle, a low-vibration attachment of the scanning unit, and thereby makes do with few components. [0006]
  • This objective is achieved by a device having the features set forth in [0007] claim 1. Advantageous specific embodiments are derived from the measures delineated in the dependent claims.
  • A lever, which is secured via a flector joint to the fixed or movable machine part, is now able to be adjusted in that, instead of a customary screw resting on this machine part, a differential screw is provided, which is screw-coupled by its first thread to the lever and, by its second thread, to this machine part. If, at this point, one turns the screw by one rotation, the distance of this lever end to this machine part changes precisely by the difference in the pitches, when the directional sense of the pitch is the same. As a result, the lever changes its inclination, since it is executing a rotary motion about the flector joint. In the above mentioned example, given thread pitches of 0.7 mm and 0.8 mm, a change in distance of 0.1 mm results for one rotation of the differential screw, and thus an angular change of approximately 2 mrad. Thus, the adjustment may be carried out in a clearly more precise manner than previously possible. Since the dual screw coupling now provides protection from vibrations in two directions, the need is eliminated for an additional clamping of the lever. In addition, the differential screw is pretensionsed by the axial forces which arise in response to deformation of the flector joint. Moreover, the differential screw is clamped by the mutual tilting of its two drilled holes; it is thereby screw-coupled in a self-locking manner.[0008]
  • Further advantages of, as well as details pertaining to the present invention are revealed in the following description of FIG. 1, which shows a design in accordance with the present invention of a device for adjusting a scanning head.[0009]
  • In FIG. 1, one can discern a [0010] scale 1 having a material measure 2 in the form of an incremental graduation. In the example, scale 1 is permanently connected to the machine (not shown). An adjustment device 3 is connected to a movable part (likewise not shown) of the machine along measuring direction X.
  • [0011] Adjustment device 3 is fabricated from one piece and is composed of a base 4, on which a lever in the form of a mounting support 6 is hinge-mounted via a flector joint 5. In this context, flector joint 5, designed as a web between base 4 and mounting support 6, permits a rotation of mounting support 6 about an axis perpendicularly to the plane of material measure 2.
  • [0012] Mounting support 6 has an opening 7 for receiving scanning unit 8. Scanning unit 8 includes a scanning plate 9, whose alignment must be adjusted with respect to material measure 2 in order, for example, to avoid moiré effects or to achieve such effects to the desired degree. A sensor (not drawn) is situated behind scanning plate 9, or the sensor itself is structurally designed to fulfill the function of scanning plate 9.
  • On the side opposite [0013] flector joint 5, mounting support 6 has a bore 10 having internal screw thread 11. Also discernible on base 4 is an arm 12, which bears a bore 13 having internal thread 14, so that bore 10 and bore 13 are situated on a common axis. Between mounting support 6 and base 4, a gap 15 remains which allows mounting support 6 to tilt about flector joint 5. The diameter of bore 10 is larger than the diameter of bore 13. This enables a simple pushing-through and bolting-on action when installing differential screw 16. However, given the same diameters, other design approaches are conceivable.
  • The pitch of [0014] internal thread 11 is larger than the pitch of internal thread 14. In one half, a differential screw 16 has a thread 11.1, whose pitch and diameter match internal thread 11; in the other half, a thread 14.1, whose pitch and diameter match internal thread 14.
  • Prior to mounting [0015] scanning unit 8, differential screw 16 is screw-coupled to base 4 and mounting support 6, in order to pretension flector joint 5. Because of the different pitches of internal threads 11 and 14, gap 15 is enlarged or reduced in the process, depending on the directional sense of internal thread 11 and 14 and the direction of rotation of differential screw 16. In this state, scanning unit 8 may then be mounted on mounting support 6 and, following a rough adjustment, be bolted on at bores 17 and 18. By turning differential screw 16, the angle between scanning plate 9 and material measure 2 may now be adjusted in that mounting support 6 is rotated around flector joint 5.
  • The width of [0016] gap 15 between bores 10 and 13 changes in response to a turn of differential screw 16 precisely by the difference in the pitches of internal threads 11 and 14; thus, the adjustment may be carried out with exceptional precision.
  • Since the two-sided screw coupling provided by [0017] differential screw 16 prevents mounting support 6 from moving in the direction of bores 10 and 13, no more vibrations occur in this direction. Flector joint 5 is blocked; the need is eliminated for an additional clamping screw.
  • If, moreover, as shown, [0018] flector joint 5 is positioned to lie with the common center of mass SP of scanning unit 8 and mounting support 6 on an axis in parallel with measuring direction X, then in response to acceleration of adjustment device 3 in measuring direction X, no moment of torque occurs with respect to the above defined axis of rotation of flector joint 5. This further enhances the stability of the system.
  • The adjustment device is further strengthened when [0019] arms 12 and 19 of base 4 are reinforced by ribs 20 and 21 which run in measuring direction X and perpendicularly to scale 1.
  • In a variation of the present invention, the adjustment device according to the present invention may be integrated in the scanning unit and, in that way, only the scanning plate itself or a sensor acting as a scanning plate is adjusted. [0020]
  • The described principle for adjusting scanning units is advantageously not limited to applications in length and angular measuring instruments based on optical scanning. Its application in other systems is also conceivable, such as those which are based on magnetic material measures and which are scanned using magnetoresistive sensors or Hall sensors; likewise conceivable are capacitive or inductive sensors having corresponding material measures. [0021]

Claims (6)

What is claimed is:
1. A length- or angular measuring instrument having a material measure (2), which is situated opposite a scanning unit (8), having an adjustment device (3), made up of a base (4) and a mounting support (6), which is joined via a flector joint (5) to the base (4) and which supports the scanning unit (8), wherein this adjustment device (3) includes a differential screw (16) having two threads (11.1, 14.1) of different pitches, which is screw-coupled by its first thread (11.1) to the mounting support (6) and by its second thread (14.1) to the base (4).
2. The length or angular measuring instrument as recited in claim 1,
wherein the base (4), the flector joint (5), and the mounting support (6) are fabricated from one piece.
3. The length or angular measuring instrument as recited in claim 1 or 2,
wherein the flector joint (5) and the common center of mass SP of the scanning unit (8) and the mounting support (6) lie on one axis in parallel to the measuring direction X.
4. The length or angular measuring instrument as recited in one of the preceding claims,
wherein the flector joint (5) and the bores (10, 13) are reinforced by ribs (20, 21) to accommodate the arms (12, 19) bearing the differential screw (16).
5. The length or angular measuring instrument as recited in one of the preceding claims,
wherein the threads (11.1, 14.1) of the differential screw (16) have different diameters.
6. The length or angular measuring instrument as recited in one of the preceding claims,
wherein the differential screw (16) is clamped in a self-locking manner by the mutual tilting of the bores (10, 13) about the flector joint (5).
US10/362,392 2000-08-24 2001-07-05 Length or angle measuring apparatus with differential screw for moire adjustment Expired - Fee Related US6810601B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10041692A DE10041692A1 (en) 2000-08-24 2000-08-24 Length or angle measuring device
DE10041692 2000-08-24
DE10041692.6 2000-08-24
PCT/EP2001/007696 WO2002016862A1 (en) 2000-08-24 2001-07-05 Length or angle measuring apparatus with differential screw for moire adjustment

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20030172538A1 true US20030172538A1 (en) 2003-09-18
US6810601B2 US6810601B2 (en) 2004-11-02

Family

ID=7653707

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US10/362,392 Expired - Fee Related US6810601B2 (en) 2000-08-24 2001-07-05 Length or angle measuring apparatus with differential screw for moire adjustment

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US6810601B2 (en)
EP (1) EP1313998B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE305597T1 (en)
DE (2) DE10041692A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002016862A1 (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040030529A1 (en) * 2000-09-20 2004-02-12 Johann Mitterreiter Position measuring device
US20050263351A1 (en) * 2004-05-27 2005-12-01 Hayes Richard Sr Modular multilevel access platform and method for erecting the same
US20060064890A1 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-03-30 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Scanning unit and position measuring device
US20110192045A1 (en) * 2010-02-09 2011-08-11 Sick Stegmann Gmbh Measurement apparatus for the absolute determination of lengths and of angles

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102006004898A1 (en) * 2006-02-03 2007-08-09 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Scanning system of a position measuring device
US9587933B2 (en) 2015-08-07 2017-03-07 General Electric Company System and method for inspecting an object
JP6909567B2 (en) * 2016-09-26 2021-07-28 株式会社ミツトヨ Fixture for linear displacement measuring device

Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3727471A (en) * 1971-09-20 1973-04-17 S Botos Coarse and fine adjustment and positioning mechanisms
US4273447A (en) * 1978-10-10 1981-06-16 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Pivotable mount for scanning unit
US4530157A (en) * 1982-11-27 1985-07-23 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Length measuring system
US4972599A (en) * 1989-05-13 1990-11-27 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Position measuring device with an adjusting device
US5511321A (en) * 1993-06-23 1996-04-30 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Linear encoder
US5651187A (en) * 1994-08-12 1997-07-29 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Position measuring device
US5664336A (en) * 1995-01-30 1997-09-09 Tesa Brown & Sharpe Sa Linear measuring device and a method of adjusting said device
US5845412A (en) * 1995-02-24 1998-12-08 Arcand; Stephane Tape adapter with interchangeable brackets
US6532681B2 (en) * 1997-08-08 2003-03-18 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Position measuring system including partial scale elements
US6571486B1 (en) * 1998-11-25 2003-06-03 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Linear measuring device
US6578283B2 (en) * 2000-08-15 2003-06-17 Sony Precision Technology Inc. Position transducer

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4001848C1 (en) * 1990-01-23 1991-05-16 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh, 8225 Traunreut, De
DE19748802B4 (en) 1996-11-20 2010-09-09 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Optical position measuring device

Patent Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3727471A (en) * 1971-09-20 1973-04-17 S Botos Coarse and fine adjustment and positioning mechanisms
US4273447A (en) * 1978-10-10 1981-06-16 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Pivotable mount for scanning unit
US4530157A (en) * 1982-11-27 1985-07-23 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Length measuring system
US4972599A (en) * 1989-05-13 1990-11-27 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Position measuring device with an adjusting device
US5511321A (en) * 1993-06-23 1996-04-30 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Linear encoder
US5651187A (en) * 1994-08-12 1997-07-29 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Position measuring device
US5664336A (en) * 1995-01-30 1997-09-09 Tesa Brown & Sharpe Sa Linear measuring device and a method of adjusting said device
US5845412A (en) * 1995-02-24 1998-12-08 Arcand; Stephane Tape adapter with interchangeable brackets
US6532681B2 (en) * 1997-08-08 2003-03-18 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Position measuring system including partial scale elements
US6571486B1 (en) * 1998-11-25 2003-06-03 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Linear measuring device
US6578283B2 (en) * 2000-08-15 2003-06-17 Sony Precision Technology Inc. Position transducer

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040030529A1 (en) * 2000-09-20 2004-02-12 Johann Mitterreiter Position measuring device
US6941240B2 (en) * 2000-09-20 2005-09-06 Dr. Johannes Heidenhem Gmbh Position measuring device
US20050263351A1 (en) * 2004-05-27 2005-12-01 Hayes Richard Sr Modular multilevel access platform and method for erecting the same
US20060064890A1 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-03-30 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Scanning unit and position measuring device
US7299564B2 (en) * 2004-09-30 2007-11-27 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh Scanning unit and position measuring device
US20110192045A1 (en) * 2010-02-09 2011-08-11 Sick Stegmann Gmbh Measurement apparatus for the absolute determination of lengths and of angles
US8296964B2 (en) * 2010-02-09 2012-10-30 Sick Stegmann Gmbh Measurement apparatus for the absolute determination of lengths and of angles

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1313998B1 (en) 2005-09-28
EP1313998A1 (en) 2003-05-28
US6810601B2 (en) 2004-11-02
DE50107584D1 (en) 2006-02-09
DE10041692A1 (en) 2002-03-07
WO2002016862A1 (en) 2002-02-28
ATE305597T1 (en) 2005-10-15

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US11175130B2 (en) Device for use in a numerically controlled machine tool for application in a method for measuring the numerically controlled machine tool
US20030172538A1 (en) Length or angle measuring apparatus with differential screw for moire adjustment
US7150103B2 (en) Method for producing and mounting a body having an angle scaling
US20020002777A1 (en) Angle measuring device
JP2009524039A (en) Rotary encoder apparatus and method
KR20040014303A (en) Digital measuring head
US20100107869A1 (en) Adjustable cylinder position sensor
JPS63281009A (en) Method and device for incorporating position measuring device
CN110621555B (en) Device for positioning a wheel speed sensor, ABS system comprising a device for positioning a wheel speed sensor, and method for adjusting a wheel speed sensor
JPH02311712A (en) Positioning apparatus with adjustor
JP7464446B2 (en) ANGLE MEASUREMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ANGLE MEASUREMENT MECHANISM - Patent application
US20020019718A1 (en) Dial indicator calibration apparatus
CN101178318A (en) Position measuring device and assembling method thereof
US4614038A (en) Head for measuring diameters of cylindrical parts
US4870272A (en) Transducer adjustment apparatus for shaft encoder
US6933492B2 (en) Optical position transducer
US20090231594A1 (en) Component mounting in movement-sensitive equipment
JP2003519368A (en) Method and apparatus for testing machine tools
US7299564B2 (en) Scanning unit and position measuring device
CN115255981B (en) Alignment tool for special-shaped workpiece
US4299370A (en) Revolving fixture for supporting tools
US5720209A (en) Mounting device for a telescopic transducer
WO2024024406A1 (en) Measurement system
CA1267531A (en) Measuring calliper
JP2001012968A (en) Rotary encoder

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH, GERMANY

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:TONDORF, SEBASTIAN;REEL/FRAME:014138/0979

Effective date: 20030224

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 4

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 8

REMI Maintenance fee reminder mailed
LAPS Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
STCH Information on status: patent discontinuation

Free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362

FP Lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fee

Effective date: 20161102